THE SANDY HOOK PILOTS.

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A REPORTER AT LARGE about New York harbor pilots. There are two sorts. One is the docking pilot, who boards a large ship near her pier, and, commanding one or more tugs by radio from the ship's bridge, brings her into her dock - and who, again using tugs moves her from her dock out into the open water of the harbor. Docking pilots usually work for one of the many towing companies in the city and they may belong to one of several pilot associations. The other sort of pilot is the bar pilot, and he is a member of either the United New York Sandy Hook Pilots Association, or the United New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Association. Bar pilots bring a ship up the channels that lead from the sea, through the harbor and up near her pier, where the docking pilots take over; and they take over from the docking pilots after the ship has left her pier and guide her out to sea again. A while back the writer went out with a Sandy Hook pilot, Capt. Roy Miller, while he brought the Queen Elizabeth from open water into N.Y. Bay & up the Hudson River. Before that he had a talk with Capt. George Seeth, who is a retired Sandy Hook pilot. The use of pilots is compulsory in most large ports & waterways, including N.Y. Harbor. There are 93 N.Y. Sandy Hook pilots & 51 N.J. Sandy Hook pilots. Tells about the lengthy training. Short history of piloting, including how regulations were established in N.Y. harbor. From 40 to 55 ships requiring pilots arrive in N.Y. on an average day - mostly in the early morning - and as many depart.